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Algonquin said:
The song sounds familiar though, and I believe you've mentioned on a couple of occasions that you are a fan of the band I'm thinking of.

For the life of me, I can't name the song.
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No partial credit.:rotflmao:
 
Bump...

R_of_G said:
You know what, I'm going again...
This one shouldn't be all that difficult either, but I've thought that before. Somebody restore my faith and get this right in the next 48.

Here goes...
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I will stop,
I will stop at nothing
Say the right things,
Win electioneering
I trust I can rely on your votes

When I go forwards, you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet

Riot shields,
Voodoo economics
It's just business,
Cattle prods and the IMF
I trust I can rely on your votes

When I go forwards, you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet
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Anyone?
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R_of_G said:
Let me give you guys a hint, if it's one of my posts, it'll never be Skynyrd.:rotflmao:
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Good, because I side with Neil in the Neil Young vs. Skynyrd fued.
 
Ok, well there goes another one. This one was "Electioneering" from Radiohead's "OK Computer" album. Should be a no-brainer for guitar fans.

Wanna hear it? Here it go...



Somebody else feel free to jump in with a song. I'm not the Patriots, and I don't need to run up the score.:whatever:
 
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This might be tough for Born2run.

Bye, bye, its been a sweet love.
Though this feeling I can't change.
But please don't take it badly,
'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame.
But, if I stayed here with you girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change.
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord help me, I can't change.
 
just thought I might jump in

I'll be impressed if you know this one

Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty,
Sound of their breath fades with the light.
I think about the loveless fascination,
Under the Milky Way tonight.

Lower the curtain down in Memphis,
Lower the curtain down all right.
I got no time for private consultation,
Under the Milky Way tonight.

Wish I knew what you were looking for.
Might have known what you would find.
Wish I knew what you were looking for.
Might have known what you would find.

And it's something quite peculiar,
Something that's shimmering and white.
Leads you here despite your destination,
Under the Milky Way tonight
(Chorus)
Under the Milky Way tonight.
 
pes_laul said:
just thought I might jump in

I'll be impressed if you know this one
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I remember that one. My old roommates used to play this one with their band when I lived in NJ. It's called "Under the Milky Way" is it not? The band is "The Church."

Good one Kris.
 
R_of_G said:
I remember that one. My old roommates used to play this one with their band when I lived in NJ. It's called "Under the Milky Way" is it not? The band is "The Church."

Good one Kris.
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correct.:AOK: I'm surprised you knew that one no one I know even knows who the church
 
pes_laul said:
correct.:AOK: I'm surprised you knew that one no one I know even knows who the church
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My old roommate, the one whose band used to cover that song, listened to them like they were going out of style. I probably haven't thought of that song since about 1992. so thanks for the reminder!

Ok, so looks like I have the puck again... I know we have seen that there is a disparity between what I think should be easy and what actually winds up that way, but this one, well, I will be quite disappointed if nobody gets this one. Just a note, the lyrics to this one changed several times as the song was performed over the first few years it was performed, but these are essentially the lyrics from a version everyone SHOULD be familiar with.

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I can't understand
She let go of my hand
And left me here facing the wall
Sure like to know
Where she did go
But I can't get close to her at all

While we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime
She said she would never forget
But morning is here
It's like I ain't here
She acts like we never have met

If I didn't have to guess
I'd gladly confess
To anything I might have tried
But I was with her too long
I've done something wrong
I wish she'd tell me what is I'd run and hide

Though her skirt it swayed, as the guitar played
Her mouth was watery and wet
I wish she'd unlock
Her voice once and talk
Instead of acting like we never have met

I'm leavin' today
I'll be on my way
On this I can't say very much
Well if you want me to
I can be just like you
And pretend that we never have touched

And if anybody asks me,
Is it easy to forget?
I'll say it's easily done
Just pick anyone
And pretend that you never have met
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Anyone?
 
If I'm thinking right that's a bob dylan song I can't really remember the name though. Aint it don't believe you?
 
pes_laul said:
If I'm thinking right that's a bob dylan song I can't really remember the name though. Aint it don't believe you?
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Way to go Kris!:AOK:

The name is "I Don't Believe You [She Acts Like We Never Met]" and the version Dylan performed with The Band for The Last Waltz is a great live version of this song.

You're up Kris...
 
umm let's see ah here we are

Too dangerous to keep.
Too feeble to let go.
And you want to bite the hand.
Should have stopped this long ago.
Go now, you've been set free.
Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile.
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail,
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scales
Like a real reptile.
Had you coiled around my arm.
How could you ever know
How I loved your diamond eyes?
But that was long ago. (Chorus)
And I should have believed Eve.
She said we had to blow.
She was the apple of my eye.
It wasn't long ago. (Chorus)
 
Slow down this is slippin' trough my mind,
This conversation has run out of time.
Honey I know you know what I mean,
And that's the one thing that you soon will find.
I know that you really wanna go,
My mind is runnin' outta gas just relax,
And recap, and relapse.
Tonight, my bodies jumpin' and I,
Go through the motions and I'm leaving on this journey,
Maybe someday I'll come running home to you.

I don't wanna see the day, my words cannot make it safe.
(Come running home! Come running home!)
Her heart in my hands, it's too bad, no regrets...
I don't wanna see the day, her tears are falling on my grave.
(Come running home! Come running home!)
This is my one chance, to take back, no regrets...

Let's go! I just wanna let you know,
This situation leaves me outta breath.
We'll drive till the love that's in your eyes,
Drops to the ground and unravels like a thread...
I know that you really wanna go,
I only think about her, must get to her, cannot loser her.
You know that I will not let this die,
Life support systems and my mind on
Rewind and rewind and rewind...
 
hmmm I know it's by the fall of troy i think? I just can't remember the name of the song
 
Bump, ok it's been a few days.. try this..

The icy sky at night
Paddles cut the water
In a long and hurried flight
From the white man to the fields of green
And the homeland we've never seen.

They killed us in our tepee
And they cut our women down
They might have left some babies
Cryin' on the ground
But the firesticks and the wagons come
And the night falls on the setting sun.

They massacred the buffalo
Kitty corner from the bank
The taxis run across my feet
And my eyes have turned to blanks
In my little box at the top of the stairs
With my Indian rug and a pipe to share.
 
Yes Tone, you prob should know it...

It's "Pocohontas" by Neil Young, is it not Ted?
 
ding ding ding.. you are correct R_G. I was going for Free Bird but it was already taken.

You're up.
 
The broken glass
And the rusty nails
Where the violets grow
Say goodbye to the railroad
And the mad dogs of summer
And everything that I know

What some men will do here for diamonds
What some men will do here for gold
They're wounded but they just keep on climbin'
And they sleep by the side of the road

There's a hole in the ladder
A fence we can climb
Mad as a hatter
You're thin as a dime
Go out to the meadow
The hills are agreen
Sing me a rainbow
Steal me a dream

Small time Napoleon
Shatters his knees
But he stays in the saddle for Rose
And all his disciples
They shave in the gutter
And gather what's left of his clothes

What some men will do here for diamonds
What some men will do here for gold
They're wounded but they just keep on climbin'
And they sleep by the side of the road

There's a hole in the ladder
A fence we can climb
Mad as a hatter
You're thin as a dime
Go out to the meadow
The hills are agreen
Sing me a rainbow
Steal me a dream
 
R_of_G said:
The broken glass
And the rusty nails
Where the violets grow
Say goodbye to the railroad
And the mad dogs of summer
And everything that I know

What some men will do here for diamonds
What some men will do here for gold
They're wounded but they just keep on climbin'
And they sleep by the side of the road

There's a hole in the ladder
A fence we can climb
Mad as a hatter
You're thin as a dime
Go out to the meadow
The hills are agreen
Sing me a rainbow
Steal me a dream

Small time Napoleon
Shatters his knees
But he stays in the saddle for Rose
And all his disciples
They shave in the gutter
And gather what's left of his clothes

What some men will do here for diamonds
What some men will do here for gold
They're wounded but they just keep on climbin'
And they sleep by the side of the road

There's a hole in the ladder
A fence we can climb
Mad as a hatter
You're thin as a dime
Go out to the meadow
The hills are agreen
Sing me a rainbow
Steal me a dream
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ok, so nobody knows "Diamonds & Gold" by Tom Waits from the classic "Rain Dogs" album. That's a shame. The track features some great guest guitar work from Keith Richards.

so, here is my last "guess the song" entry of 2007. another one i think is a bit of a slow pitch right over the plate but what the hell do i know? anyway, here goes... btw, this is one of my all-time fav songs and a HELL of a lot of fun to try to play...
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Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest
From the all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's that?
What's that?

When I am King you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's that?
What's that?

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking-squealing Gucci little piggy
You don't remember,
You don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head man,
Off with his head,
Why don't he remember my name?
I guess he does

Rain down, rain down
C'mon rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height

That's it sir
You're leaving
The crackle of pigskin
The dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
The panic, the vomit
The panic, the vomit
God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!
 
Well, no takers on that one so I am jumping back in. Here is one I hope is not too hard.

When success is equated with excess
The ambition for excess wrecks us
As top of the mind becomes the bottom line
When success is equated with excess

If your time ain't been nothing for money
I start to feel really bad for you, honey
Maybe honey, put your money where your mouth's been running
If your time ain't been nothing but money

I want out of this machine
It doesn't feel like freedom

This ain't my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I'm tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream
 

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